Diaquabis[5-(2-pyridylmethyl)tetrazolato-κ2N1,N5]zinc(II)

Abstract

In the title mononuclear complex, [Zn(C7H6N5)2(H2O)2], the ZnII atom, located on an inversion centre, is in a distorted octahedral coordination geometry formed by four N atoms from two chelating 5-(2-pyridylmethyl)tetrazolate ligands and two O donors from two water molecules. Intermolecular O—H...N hydrogen bonds between the coordinated water molecule and the tetrazolyl group of the 5-(2-pyridylmethyl)tetrazolate ligand lead to the formation of a three-dimensional network.